Senior Manager, Breach Assessment

ING Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 weeks parental leave

Study support

Home loan benefits

Job summary

ING Australia seeks a Senior Manager to lead a specialist team responsible for the end-to-end breach reporting process. This highly visible leadership role influences risk outcomes, shapes best practice breach reporting and engages directly with senior executives, governance committees and regulators.

As head of Breach Assessment, you will oversee investigation, assessment and reporting of potential regulatory breaches, ensuring matters are managed in a timely, consistent and defensible manner.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience within breach assessment and incident management.
• Proven leadership of a team within compliance overseeing breach assessments, incident management, or regulatory reporting.
• Strong knowledge of ASIC reportable situations, AFSL/ACL obligations, APRA breach notification and prudential standards.
• Demonstrated ability to assess complex regulatory matters and produce regulator-facing submissions.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and ability to engage with senior executives and regulators.
• Strong analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding written communication and executive data insights reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the breach assessment function, coach and develop a high-performing team of breach assessment specialists.
• Oversee intake, triage, investigation governance and breach determination processes.
• Ensure timely assessment and reporting of potential regulatory breaches and reportable situations.
• Review and challenge breach assessments to ensure factual accuracy, robust analysis and regulatory defensibility.
• Maintain oversight of regulatory reporting deadlines, investigation progress and remediation outcomes.
• Prepare and present high-quality reporting and recommendations to senior leadership, executive committees and governance forums.
• Drive enhancements to the breach reporting framework, controls, quality assurance processes and management information.

Skills

Breach assessment

Incident management

Regulatory reporting

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Executive reporting

Job description

We're seeking a Senior Manager to lead a specialist team responsible for the end-to-end breach reporting process.

This is a highly visible leadership role offering the opportunity to influence risk outcomes, shape best practice breach reporting and engage directly with senior executives, governance committees and regulators.

As the leader of our Breach Assessment function, you'll oversee the investigation, assessment, and reporting of potential regulatory breaches, ensuring matters are managed in a timely, consistent and defensible manner.

You'll play a critical role in driving continuous improvement across breach reporting, governance and risk management practices. You will provide expert guidance on complex regulatory matters, challenge business stakeholders where required, and ensure reporting obligations across ASIC, APRA and other relevant regulatory frameworks are met.

What you'll do

• Lead the breach assessment function, coach and develop a high-performing team of breach assessment specialists.
• Oversee intake, triage, investigation governance and breach determination processes.
• Ensure timely assessment and reporting of potential regulatory breaches and reportable situations.
• Review and challenge breach assessments to ensure factual accuracy, robust analysis and regulatory defensibility.
• Maintain oversight of regulatory reporting deadlines, investigation progress and remediation outcomes.
• Prepare and present high-quality reporting and recommendations to senior leadership, executive committees and governance forums.
• Drive enhancements to the breach reporting framework, controls, quality assurance processes and management information.
• Partner with Legal, Risk, Internal Audit and business stakeholders to achieve effective compliance outcomes.

What we're looking for

• Extensive experience within breach assessment, incident management.
• Proven leadership experience of a team within the compliance function overseeing breach assessments, incident management, regulatory reporting or similar high-risk decision-making functions.
• Strong knowledge of ASIC reportable situations, AFSL/ACL general obligations, APRA breach notification and prudential standards, Banking Code breach assessment and reporting.
• Demonstrated capability assessing complex regulatory matters, applying significance tests and producing regulator-facing submissions.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with confidence engaging with senior executives and regulators.
• Strong analytical, decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
• Outstanding written communication and executive data insight reporting.
• Navigate ambiguity with confidence, using sound judgement and a solutions-focused mindset to resolve complex challenges.

What's in it for you?

• 20 weeks paid parental leave for parents of a child born, adopted or fostered
• Financial and leave support for employees who commit to study that benefits their development
• Employee home loan benefits

About Us

At ING, we're all about making life simpler and more rewarding - for the people who bank with us, the team members who work with us, and the communities we're proud to support. Joining ING means stepping into an environment where your individuality isn't just welcomed - it's celebrated. We've built a culture that's fun, inclusive, and supportive, giving you the freedom to be yourself, so you can do your thing.

Whether you're taking ownership of exciting projects, thinking outside the box, or working with global colleagues, you'll find ING is the kind of place where growth isn't just a possibility; it's a promise. As a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and Family Inclusive workplace, you'll feel the difference in how we value and champion our people.

We're invested in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong.

ING is Australia's most recommended bank according to RFI Global's Consumer Atlas Survey, January-June 2025 (n = 29,510) when compared to customers of the 10 largest ADIs operating in Australia.

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